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22 August 2007

Gloomy Day Luxury

It's been rainy and foggy for days now, the fog hanging so low over the mountains that they disappear and the ocean is shrouded in mist. When it lifts a little, ever so little, the clouds have the appearance of being stuck on the mountains, which, is actually what they are, so laden with moisture they cannot lift themselves over the peaks. It's gotten colder already. No more 60F (16C) degree days and I noticed the other day that it is almost dark at 10pm now. It feels like early autumn.

There is a local chocolatier here. Amazing really that we have such a thing. It is the height of luxury on such a rainy, gloomy day to go and pick out a single chocolate truffle to have with a hot cup of tea. Today I picked out one for each of my interns as well. This is contentment.

6 comments:

Those look lovely and you show amazing restraint in sharing. I think choclate should be accessible in the farthest reaches of the earth and your local chocolatier is spreading the gospel. Did a post go missing? What is thermakarst?

I'm a little envious o your temps because, locally we've averaged high nineties all month. I know it's all relative to what you identify as "normal" for a region. Like you, I relish life's simple pleasures. THis morning it was a quiet cup of coffee, but it would have been so much better with one of those truffles...Simple is beautiful.

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